New Delhi, Aug 10: The Narendra Modi government on Saturday is likely to confer the Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian honour, on more than one person on this Independence Day.The government reportedly ordered five Bharat Ratna medals from the Reserve Bank of India mint. Freedom fighters Subhash Chandra Bose and Madan Mohan Malviya, hockey legend Major Dhyanchand and former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee are likely to be honoured with the prestigious title. Modi, who contested from Varanasi in this year's Lok Sabha election besides Vadodara, had paid tributes to the Malviya in the run-up to the polls. He also referred to former prime minister Vajpayee in his pre-poll speeches often. The previous UPA govt had chosen Sachin Tendulkar over Dhyanchand for the award The Sangh Parivar has felt that freedom fighter Subhash Chandra Bose has not received his due. Bose, a radical leader of the Indian National Congress became its president in 1938-9 but was ousted after having differences with Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. He had escaped from India in 1940 after being put under house arrest and tried to join hands with other powers to take on the British power. However, he could not succeed in his efforts. Bose's plane reportedly crashed while heading to Taiwan though the mystery has remained unanswered all these years. In 1992, the then Congress-led government decided to Bharat Ratna Award posthumously on Bose sparked a controversy. Since Bose's death is still not confirmed, the word "posthumous" received a backlash and Bose's family refused to accept the award. The previous UPA government conferred the Bharat Ratna on two personalities this year, namely scientist Prof CNR Rao and former cricketer Sachin Tendulkar. Tendulkar became the first sportsperson to get the award although the decision to choose him over hockey legend Dhyanchand met with a controversy.

New Delhi, Aug 10: The Narendra Modi government on Saturday is likely to confer the Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian honour, on more than one person on this Independence Day.The government reportedly ordered five Bharat Ratna medals from the Reserve Bank of India mint. Freedom fighters Subhash Chandra Bose and Madan Mohan Malviya, hockey legend Major Dhyanchand and former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee are likely to be honoured with the prestigious title. Modi, who contested from Varanasi in this year's Lok Sabha election besides Vadodara, had paid tributes to the Malviya in the run-up to the polls. He also referred to former prime minister Vajpayee in his pre-poll speeches often. The previous UPA govt had chosen Sachin Tendulkar over Dhyanchand for the award The Sangh Parivar has felt that freedom fighter Subhash Chandra Bose has not received his due. Bose, a radical leader of the Indian National Congress became its president in 1938-9 but was ousted after having differences with Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. He had escaped from India in 1940 after being put under house arrest and tried to join hands with other powers to take on the British power. However, he could not succeed in his efforts. Bose's plane reportedly crashed while heading to Taiwan though the mystery has remained unanswered all these years. In 1992, the then Congress-led government decided to Bharat Ratna Award posthumously on Bose sparked a controversy. Since Bose's death is still not confirmed, the word "posthumous" received a backlash and Bose's family refused to accept the award. The previous UPA government conferred the Bharat Ratna on two personalities this year, namely scientist Prof CNR Rao and former cricketer Sachin Tendulkar. Tendulkar became the first sportsperson to get the award although the decision to choose him over hockey legend Dhyanchand met with a controversy.

The Centre on Wednesday announced it will award the countryâ€™s highest civilian honour to former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, and educationist and social reformer Madan Mohan Malviya. Malviya is the 11th person to receive the award posthumously, while Mr. Vajpayee is the sixth Prime Minister to receive the award. Malviya established the Banaras Hindu University, Asia's largest residential university in 1916. The Bharat Ratna is conferred to people who have made achievements in â€œany field of human endeavour.â€ Until 2011, it was restricted to achievements in the in the arts, literature, science and public services, before it was expanded to include other fields.
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In 2013, the Ratna was conferred on cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and chemist C.N.R. Rao.

Really,I don't know much abt him before but one thing for shore Viswanathan Anand,Dyan chand are more deserves than Sachin in sports.Period.

Anyway @malaviya achievements apart from BHU

He was opposed to the politics of appeasement and the participation of Congress in the Khilafat movement.

In protest against the Communal Award which sought to provide separate electorates for minorities, Malaviya along with Madhav Shrihari Aney left the Congress and started the Congress Nationalist Party .

In April 1911, Annie Besant met Malaviya and they decided to work for a common Hindu University at Varanasi.

He organised a mass of 200 Dalit peoples, including the Hindu Dalit (Harijan) leader P. N. Rajbhoj to demand entry at the Kalaram Temple on a Rath Yatra day. Malaviya made massive efforts for the entry into any Hindu temple